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Just watched JasonX for the first time in about fifteen years and it was loving awesome. The parts that were played for laughs were perfect. The way the android wrecks him the first time around. The liquid nitrogen kill. 
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Dec 8, 2021 06:36
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I work overnights from home, and spend most of my shift just chilling on my couch catching up on my long rear end list of flicks. Decided to watch The Lodge, which i've had in my Hulu queue for a bit now. I remember is getting some praise around these parts, and decided to go in cold (no pun intended) My god this movie is bleak.
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Dec 8, 2021 09:22
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CODChimera posted:are there any movies similar to Pieces? like unintentional comedy, with next level poor character decision making. and just random nonsense. i'm not sure what you call a film like that Edge of the Axe.
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Dec 8, 2021 09:42
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King Vidiot posted:Anybody who loved Pieces needs to watch Stage Fright, and the Demons movies. Are they as weird/bad? Maybe not but they're entertaining in similar ways There are a bunch of films called Demons or something similar so I always get mixed up but the one where they're in a gym and have to fight off demons? that one is great Got Stage Fright next to watch
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Dec 8, 2021 09:47
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Basebf555 posted:Seed of Chucky is a wild movie And I just realised that it's also a hell of a pun. I don't know about the movie, but in real life Jen Tilly's boyfriend is Huck Seed.
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Dec 8, 2021 10:50
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thatfuturekid posted:I work overnights from home, and spend most of my shift just chilling on my couch catching up on my long rear end list of flicks. Decided to watch The Lodge, which i've had in my Hulu queue for a bit now. I remember is getting some praise around these parts, and decided to go in cold (no pun intended) Agreed I remember seeing it in theatres and it's just a very bitter, nihilistic movie
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Dec 8, 2021 10:51
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Jedit posted:And I just realised that it's also a hell of a pun. I don't know about the movie, but in real life Jen Tilly's boyfriend is Huck Seed. Huck Seed sounds like an obscure Hee Haw cast member.
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Dec 8, 2021 12:16
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Sneed's Feed and Seed (Formerly Huck's)
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Dec 8, 2021 13:28
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I watched Censor last night, and it was really nice to see a modern movie that used colored lighting instead of just applying a filter in post.
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Dec 8, 2021 13:35
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Iron Crowned posted:I watched Censor last night, and it was really nice to see a modern movie that used colored lighting instead of just applying a filter in post. Yeah it's the first time someone said "influenced by Argento" and it actually meant that and succeeded. More gel lights in movies! thatfuturekid posted:I work overnights from home, and spend most of my shift just chilling on my couch catching up on my long rear end list of flicks. Decided to watch The Lodge, which i've had in my Hulu queue for a bit now. I remember is getting some praise around these parts, and decided to go in cold (no pun intended) Yeah it rules. I went in blind. I thought it was more of a ghost movie. I thought it was an awesome gut-punch film. I also went into it way too high and got freaked out by the cult footage..
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Dec 8, 2021 14:15
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I'm about 11 minutes into The Lodge and there's already been four sequences that make me think this is going to be way more emotionally manipulative than spooky.
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Dec 8, 2021 14:49
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moths posted:I'm about 11 minutes into The Lodge and there's already been four sequences that make me think this is going to be way more emotionally manipulative than spooky. I'd say emotionally manipulative and stressful. From the get-go the entire premise is A Bad Idea from everything we know about the characters.
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Dec 8, 2021 14:59
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If you don't want your emotions manipulated, you might need to look into a different genre of film.
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Dec 8, 2021 15:01
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I thought the Lodge was pretty limp but Riley Keough was quite good in it.
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Dec 8, 2021 15:06
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I get what they mean though, The Lodge is definitely more about the tension of whether or not a traumatized person is going to be pushed over the edge emotionally to where they have a breakdown rather than some of the more traditional spooks like ghosts or monsters or knife wielding maniacs.
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Dec 8, 2021 15:07
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Basebf555 posted:I get what they mean though, The Lodge is definitely more about the tension of whether or not a traumatized person is going to be pushed over the edge emotionally to where they have a breakdown rather than some of the more traditional spooks like ghosts or monsters or knife wielding maniacs. It's very much an example of what I was saying the other day about "horror films explicitly about grief and trauma" feeling a bit played out right now
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Dec 8, 2021 15:07
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Tarnop posted:If you don't want your emotions manipulated, you might need to look into a different genre of film. Ok I guess I'll go watch a horror film. E: That's not quite fair, a lot of great horror has some elements that feel manipulative. But that's usually eclipsed by an overwhelming amount of fantastical, extreme, or horrific content. So far this is just 4 traumatized people emotionally grinding each other's vulnerabilities. It'll probably pick up in act 2. moths fucked around with this message at 15:32 on Dec 8, 2021 |
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Dec 8, 2021 15:20
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Those directors are all about manipulation and weird tragedy. After watching Goodnight Mommy, it was super clear where The Lodge was headed. Didn't really care for either of them.
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Dec 8, 2021 15:24
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I thought Goodnight Mommy was okay but yeah The Lodge felt like they were just running on fumes.
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Dec 8, 2021 15:30
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I do need at least a bit of fun in my horror. Stuff like The Lodge always falls into that category of films that I can respect and appreciate but I'm probably never going to watch it again.
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Dec 8, 2021 15:31
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Unrelated but is there really no physical release planned for The Empty Man? What the gently caress? Studios want horror movies to fail.
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Dec 8, 2021 15:36
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The Lodge is the most distinct role I've seen Keough in, and I thought she was great. I also thought the kids performances were good. I hadn't seen Goodnight Mommy (still haven't), so maybe that makes me have more room to enjoy the filmmakers schtick. I remember the thread going on and on about how they watch The Thing in the movie and how much that ruined the film for them. "How DARE THEY show a BETTER MOVIE in their own movie?! Easily lost three stars just for reminding me a better movie exists." That was (and is) a very silly complaint. It's good. I loved the setting. I like the game the film plays. I thought the ending was stressful and brutal. I was happy to see Hammer Horror films are back in a way I recognize and enjoyed more than The Woman In Black. It was good.
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Dec 8, 2021 15:37
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Keough is definitely a big reason to watch the movie, it's the central performance and if she didn't hit a home run the movie would've been totally flat.
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Dec 8, 2021 15:41
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I really liked Goodnight Mommy so I guess I better check out the Lodge
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Dec 8, 2021 15:48
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So far The Thing cameo has bee one of the best used of a film-within-a-film! It immediately conjures paranoia and distrust, which only helps. If I have one silly complaint, it's that these dummies are going to freeze to death because nobody noticed the gigantic fireplace in the living room. Or they might starve because nobody thought to follow the food-hider's footprints. Maybe a ghost did it? I hope something weird is happening.
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Dec 8, 2021 15:52
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moths posted:Ok I guess I'll go watch a horror film. Fantastical content is there to make you feel a sense of wonder. Horrific content is there to makes you feel horrified. I guess I just don't understand "emotionally manipulative" as a criticism when the point of film is almost always to make you feel specific things, and horror in particular is rarely subtle about the emotions it's aiming for.
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Dec 8, 2021 15:53
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I would probably use the term emotionally "exhausting" rather than "manipulative" for something like The Lodge. Like, it gets credit for hitting those emotions hard but at the same time it's not exactly fun to have your emotions ground down constantly for 2 hours.
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Dec 8, 2021 15:57
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I like it, but I have chronic depression
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Dec 8, 2021 15:59
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Franchescanado posted:The Lodge is the most distinct role I've seen Keough in, and I thought she was great. I also thought the kids performances were good. I hadn't seen Goodnight Mommy (still haven't), so maybe that makes me have more room to enjoy the filmmakers schtick. I was one of them and I stand by it. We need a moratorium on films/tv shows directly referencing The Thing especially if they're gonna be as clumsy about it as The Lodge.
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Dec 8, 2021 15:59
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Tarnop posted:Fantastical content is there to make you feel a sense of wonder. Horrific content is there to makes you feel horrified. I think Forrest Gump is the perfect example of an "emotionally manipulative" film that does a lot to make you feel things, but feels hollow and cheap under any scrutiny. Like, yes, all film and art is emotionally affecting, I think the term "manipulative" is pretty subjective but fair criticism. One film I keep coming back to as a film I HATE is that dumb Red Christmas movie, which uses it's autistic actor to make a tear-filled monologue to push the film's central pro-life agenda. It's just feels wrong to do that, probably because I find pro-life arguments to be hateful and needlessly cruel, and I think it's wrong to have a neurodivergent person deliver the writer's thesis. (Don't watch Red Christmas, even as a lark. It's terrible.) Obviously we all have our lines as viewers as what feels genuine and what feels like a play to force us into an emotional box. I think The Lodge works, and Martyrs, and I think something like Peanut Butter Falcon works, because they justify the emotions they're making me feel, whereas Forrest Gump rings false to me. Horror is a harder genre to pull examples from, because dramas tend to be the most egregious with them. Franchescanado fucked around with this message at 16:08 on Dec 8, 2021 |
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Dec 8, 2021 16:06
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Ham-handedly stringing relatable tragedies together. It's a pet peeve of mine when a film relies on real-world tragedy to borrow it's gravity. Like a romantic tragedy set against the backdrop of the Holocaust fishing for Oscars, or just lazily shoving rape into a film. Anyway The Lodge opened with a salvo of grief triggers, and that was off-putting as gently caress. There was no context except what the audience brings to it, and that's generally bad writing. But The Lodge has absolutely picked up steam, and I'm glad I stuck thru. I'm hoping that gaslighting the cult survivor has predictable consequences for the kids. I also wonder if they drove the mother's suicide for reasons.
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Dec 8, 2021 16:08
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Well that was a turnaround and I loved the ending. I was NOT expecting " evil children," and goddamn that was some comeuppance. Literally served cold. gently caress those kids. So good.
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Dec 8, 2021 16:26
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moths posted:Well that was a turnaround and I loved the ending. I was NOT expecting " evil children," and goddamn that was some comeuppance. Literally served cold. gently caress those kids. So good. I'm happy to read that you enjoyed it!
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Dec 8, 2021 16:39
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Has anyone here seen The Advent Calendar? I wanted to like it but I had a hard time getting through it, I thought it repeated too many beats and it started to feel like a slog. Took me three sittings to finish. Maybe I’ve just been too tired lately to deal with a trippy slow burn movie.
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Dec 8, 2021 16:49
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moths posted:Well that was a turnaround and I loved the ending. I was NOT expecting " evil children," and goddamn that was some comeuppance. Literally served cold. gently caress those kids. So good. Glad you liked it!
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Dec 8, 2021 17:11
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The lodge is funny in that way because it's like oh yeah the kids spend the whole movie getting over on her until they figure out they hosed with the wrong one lol. (the lodge spoilers)
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Dec 8, 2021 17:35
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I don’t know or care if Red Christmas is good BUT the doc on the making of it is very good, I recommend it because it shows all the stupid and horrible stresses making a low budget film pretty much on your own without some studio backing you. I’ve watched it 3 times lmao. I didn’t see Red Christmas because the movie looked kinda crappy.
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Dec 8, 2021 17:39
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Spoiler tag this poo poo, come on
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CelticPredator posted:I don’t know or care if Red Christmas is good BUT the doc on the making of it is very good, I recommend it because it shows all the stupid and horrible stresses making a low budget film pretty much on your own without some studio backing you. I don't label many movies like this, but I find it morally repugnant.
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